Air Date: 5-1-2024
The past, present, and future of tackling the uselessness of extreme wealth by exposing and closing tax avoidance loopholes and pushing for a culture change to embrace the need for a more equal society.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: What Happens When You Tax Billionaires at 90 Percent? - The Hartmann Report - Air Date 6-3-23
We did it before, and the result was the creation of the world’s first and largest middle class and a level of peace and prosperity that held its own until Ronald Reagan took a meat-axe to it…
If you think school teachers shouldn't pay a higher tax rate than billionaires, join us to learn how you can join in on the fight to #TaxBillionaires!
Ch. 3: Wealth Tax Part 1 - Pullback - Air Date 4-11-23
Should we be taxing Scrooge-McDuck wealth? Can we? We talk with friend of the pod Fariya Mohiuddin, a Senior Program Officer with the International Budget Partnership's Tax Equity Program, and our favourite tax justice researcher and activist.
If you're serious about alleviating poverty, as most liberals claim to be, should there be a cap on how wealthy one person can be?
Ch. 5: Why Are Taxes So High? - Garys Economics - Air Date 3-10-24
Taxes are set to reach all-time highs. But if this is the case, why is the government so bankrupt? And why are public services collapsing? In this video, I explain why.
Ch. 6: What if We Actually Taxed the Rich? - Robert Reich - Air Date 4-1-21
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich breaks down seven ways to tax the rich and raise trillions in revenue.
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Ch. 7: The Big Lie Billionaires Want You To Believe - The Majority Report - Air Date 3-25-24
Professor Robeyns tackles the role of wealth inequality in creating an inequality division between capital and labor, allowing the former to dictate the rules of the latter, and parses through what solutions are needed
Ch. 8: Wealth Tax Part 2 - Pullback - Air Date 4-11-23
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 9: Responding to protesters threatening to not vote for Biden - Nick from California
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 12: Final comments on anger and irrationality in war and politics
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)
SHOW IMAGE:
Description: A protester holds a sign that says “Tax the Rich”
Credit: “We have a right to the city. Tax the rich.” by dignidadrebelde, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0 | Changes: Cropped
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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